Strauss Health Sciences Library Strategic Priorities 2025 

Each year, the library reviews the state of the Anschutz Medical campus, innovations in information science and technology, trends in publishing and higher education, budget updates, and evolving student needs to identify a critical strategic goal for the year. 

In 2025, while maintaining regular service activities, the Strauss Library will put efforts into preparing for the addition of new student service departments in the library’s physical space. As the library modifies employee workspaces and integrates new neighbors, the primary aim will be to avoid any disruption for patrons. 

High Priority Goals for 2025

A welcoming, flexible space for our community 

• Objective: Participate in library space planning to ensure uninterrupted services to library patrons.

Organized access to physical and electronic resources that users need  

• Objective: Identify materials for withdrawal, with hope of converting more of the second floor into study space in the future. 

Access to ample synchronous and asynchronous training and research services  

• Objective: Create instructional offerings for literature searching to support quality research.
• Objective: Make improvements to the AskUs service to ensure excellent customer service. 

Seamless technology to support the University’s mission 

• Objective: Adopt OIT cyber-security improvements for the safety of the CU community.
• Objective: Prepare to upgrade the Library Search interface to improve research efficiency. 

Library users and partners are informed of library resources and services  

• Objective: Increase campus knowledge of library resources and services with improved marketing and communication.

(Last updated April 2025)